Friday, December 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are excited to announce that at PADS 2020 Virtual Graduation Celebration on November 29th, SASSAFRAS graduated as a Hearing Dog. Congratulation to Sassafras and her client Stephanie. Thank you so much to everyone who has been involved in helping Sassafras succeed....
Friday, September 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are excited to announce that SASSAFRAS and her new partner successfully completed their Team Training as a Hearing Dog Team! Sassafras is doing important work with her person, performing client specific skills as a Hearing Dog. The team is currently working through...
Friday, August 7, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
SASSAFRAS and her new partner started remote Team Training this month via video call at the Burnaby campus and just recently made it to her new home with her client. So far, she has been settling in nicely and is enjoying doing sound work with her new client....
Friday, July 3, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very excited to announce that SASSAFRAS has been matched with a client and started team training at the end of June. Due to COVID-19, Team Training formatting has changed. This means as much as possible will be done with video conferencing and then when it is...
Friday, June 5, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
We are very exited to announce that SASSAFRAS has passed her pre-placement testing! Sassafras was luckily able to complete her pre-placement public access testing prior to the COVID-19 shut down and has demonstrated her ability to complete all sound alerts onsite at...
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
SASSAFRAS continues to maintain her sound work. She is working on proofing her sound alerts and is practicing alerting with longer intervals between sounds. She is working on making sure her accuracy of locating the sounds stays strong with longer times in between....
Friday, April 3, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
SASSAFRAS has been working on maintaining and further refining all the skills she has learned so far in advanced training. She has also been practicing and sharpening her basic obedience cues and default behaviors such as ‘leave it’. She is doing well with her sound...
Friday, March 6, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
SASSAFRAS is continuing to grow her sound repertoire and working on spacing out sounds. She has also been working on alerting to some sounds in public and is off to a great start with that skill. Really nice work, Sassafras! Skills being learned: Key drop, doorbell,...
Friday, February 7, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
SASSAFRAS has been working on really listening to sound location and going to the right spot for the right sound. She has also been practicing being patient while waiting between sounds as we start to space them out with more time in between sounds going off. She...
Friday, January 17, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
SASSAFRAS continues to grow in sounds work and has now been introduced to all the sounds she needs to know to qualify as a hearing dog. She is now working on practicing really listening to the sounds and differentiating between them. She is also working on proofing...
Friday, December 6, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
SASSAFRAS is the newest dog to advanced training. This sweet girl is lots of fun and is quickly charming the kennel staff and volunteers with her sassy personality! Sassafras has enjoyed her first month of hearing training and is progressing well. She has lots of...
Sunday, September 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
August was a fun month! Because it was so nice and warm outside, the human and I went to the park many times after work and I got to run around with my friends! I have also been riding every day to work in what the human calls the “SassMobile”. I really...
Thursday, August 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I started off the month a bit slow – I was in heat and was very lethargic most of the time. I enjoyed some time off with my favourite sitters while my hooman went away for vacation (quite rude that he didn’t take me with him but whatever – his...
Monday, July 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
June was a big month for me! I went into heat again, guys. Heat number 2. But that was only towards the end of the month. Before that, June was just a usual month – summer almost came to Vancouver but then it left. That didn’t stop my raiser and me from...
Saturday, June 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I had an eventful month of May! I participated in my puppy-swap this month. I went to live with Woodstock’s family while he went to live with my human for 2 weeks. I moved all the way out to Abbotsford and had a wonderful time there! I went to work in a...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
April was an awesome month! Like every other month! I don’t think I did anything quite special in April but just the usual things were a lot of fun. Since the weather has gotten better, my raiser has been taking me to the park a lot more often! I love the trails...
Monday, April 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I had the best March ever! My first raiser came back from Germany to visit me! She stayed with me for 3 weeks and we went on a lot of adventures. I got to have a break from the office life this month. I went to parks and for a lot of fun walks with my PADS friends....
Friday, March 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, I got to play in the wonderfully cold and white powdery thing the human calls snow! I loved eating snow too, it’s quite refreshing. The human did make me wear weird things on my paws but he said that they would keep my paws warm and safe. At first, I...
Friday, February 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
In January, I spent 15 days with my favourite sitters and then finally returned to my raiser for the rest of the month! When I was with the sitters, we went for long long runs in the forest every day! I got to meet a lot of other PADS dogs too and I even had some play...
Saturday, December 1, 2018 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
GUYS I turned 1 year old in November! Happy Birthday to me and all my siblings from the Exotic Woods litter! I got to spend my birthday in Pacific Spirit Park with all my best friends. My favourite sitters even bought a flower for me! I got a lot of compliments that...
Saturday, December 1, 2018 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
December has been an eventful month in terms of training! I have been working on learning things like stand, heel, and side, which I already knew how to do, on a verbal cue. My raiser says that I’m doing very well and am on track to mastering them soon! December...
Thursday, November 1, 2018 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Pupdate: October has been a fun month for me! My raiser told me that this October was unlike any other October he has experienced in Vancouver. We had so much sunshine and amazing Fall weather! I went out on a lot of walks and bike rides with my raiser! Yes, you heard...
Saturday, September 1, 2018 | Pupdates
This month, Sassy said goodbye to her best friend PADS hearing dog Elfie. But before saying goodbye, we went for an amazing hike to Cypress Mountain! The hike we did is called Eagle Bluffs. It was a cloudy day but because it wasn’t raining, it was the perfect...
Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | Pupdates
Sassafras has been enjoying the last month of summer and has had many many long walks with PADS Elfie and PADS Wilbur this month in Pacific Spirit Park! She loves running around with them and playing chase. She is usually the one being chased and is too fast for most...
